Representative hockey is offered from Novice through Juvenile divisions.

ELIGIBILITY
Players must reside in Port Colborne to play on a Port Colborne Representative team under the residency rule of the OMHA manual of operations.  All Port Colborne players are encouraged to participate in the September tryouts. 

TRYOUT FEE  :   a tryout fee must be paid on the first night in september 2010  (September 6th  from 5 to 10)
                               tryout fee for 2010 will be $50.00, 
                              10 ice times have been set aside for the tryouts per division
                               guarantees 3 ice times in early September.  
                              

Novice Rep - 
2002-03-04 players may attend the tryouts if they can skate a minimum of one lap of the ice surface on their own.

Midget and Juveniles do not pay the tryout fee as it is included in to the registration cost. 

REP  FEES - 
Players selected to play on the representative team must pay fees to offset the extra costs of the programme. 

NOVICE through to Midget
$ 230 REP FEE  in 2010-2011



REP FEES
Paid -  Oct 1st
or 50% Oct 1st and  a post dated cheque dated Dec 1st   50%

BACK  this year
TWO post-dated cheques dated October 1st, 2010 and December 1st, 2010 are to be left with Association at Tryout.  Cheques will only be cashed once player is assigned to the Rep team.   All cheques are returned to players released to the house league program during the September tryouts. 

PROGRAM
The REP program (often refered to as travel team) is designed for players who desire a high level of competition and are able to make a serious commitment to the team.  Competitiveness and developing players to their full potential are an integral part of the Representative Hockey program.

For the 2010-11season:

- each team is allocated 6 (six)  full ice 50 minute practice time per month

REGULAR SEASON GAMES times
  -  each team is allocated a game time per week  
Novice -          Thursday     (10 - 10- 15)
Atom   -           Monday      (10 - 10- 15)
Bantam -         Monday      (10 -15 -15)
Peewee -        Thursday     (10 -15 -15)
Midget minor - N/A            (10 -15 -15)
Midget major  Thursday     (10 -15 -15)
Juvenile          Tuesday      (10 - 15 -15)
 
- each team hosts 14 home games during regular season 
- each team participates in 14 away games during regular season 

-  the Niagara District Hockey League teams travel to many of the same centres as our local league teams:
Fort Erie  ,  Welland,  Grimsby,  Niagara Falls,  St. Catharines
Pelham ,  NOTL,  West Lincoln,   Dunnville,  Thorold,  Wainfleet,  Lincoln,   Merritton

Playdowns
OMHA Playdowns begin in mid to late-January.  All centres with a B classification playoff using the format outlined in the Niagara District Hockey League By-laws (tournament style). Niagara District Playoffs begin in February also using the model outlined in the By-laws.   

Total ice times:
14 home games
14 away games
3 exhibition games
OMHA playdowns
2 home/ 2 away Niagara District round robin playoff games

35 to 40 full ice practices during the season (novice to midget)

8 to 10 practices (juvenile)
  

TEAM COMPOSITION
Each team is budgeted to carry 2 goalies, 14 players and 3 AP's.  The revenue collected (REP fees/ AP fees) is equal the expense of the additional practice time  for the team. 

FAIR PLAY CODE
The representative teams adhere to the FAIR PLAY CODE which is based on everyone participating regardless of ability level. During the regular season games,  coaches strive to provide equal ice time, period by period, with the exception of
1)  the last three [3] minutes of a closely contested game 
2)  during a power play or penalty kill situation in a closely contested game 
3)  for disciplinary reasons resulting from an event considered to be unsportsmanlike.  
The emphasis of the regualar season is on the development of all players regarless of ability and level.    

Due to various situations in OMHA playdowns and NDHL playoffs, equal ice time is difficult to maintain on a game to game basis. Player ice time during these final games may be earned based on skill, performance, attitude, commitment, and practice attendance.  In the over-all season, however, each player should have benefited from equal ice-time, excluding time loss due to injuries and suspensions.